Our Annual Preview - Which Brewers Farmhands Qualify for the Rule 5 Draft or Minor League Free Agency?

[wallus]

45 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Well Luke Adams sure showed me with his performance today lol

 

[BrewCrew8675309]

12 hours ago, Jim Goulart said:

No need for them to "re-sign" (no decision to be made by the players), the Brewers maintain their rights regardless for several seasons.

Good to know; thank you for that.

[Jim French Stepstool]

21 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

Well Luke Adams sure showed me with his performance today lol

He sure did🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♀️🏋️‍♂️ lol.

I think you're right about the passiveness in his approach though, and how it won't play at the highest level. Thing is, I remember some of the younger power bats from the Melvin years that were in the opposite camp---HR potential but high K rates with very few walks. My gut tells me an approach like Adams' can be adjusted/amended to work vs MLB pitching easier than the opposite. But I also think his name is going to come up quite a bit when the phones start to heat up so stay tuned I guess.

[JoeyWiemerTruther]

Jett and Adams I think are very likely protected as I think teams would actually pick them up but Jett is likely on the 40 man before the season even ends anyways. Maybe even Adams at this rate. Don’t think he’s really a 3B option but he’s likely a long term Andrew Vaughn injury away from being on the 40 man and also 26 man now. But obviously don’t want any injuries. Also the best long term RHB 1B option in the system currently assuming Vaughn is traded after this season or walks in FA next season. Out of the pitchers I think Kuehner or Childers might have the best shot cause I think they could be solid MLB relievers. But they’re iffy in terms of actually being worthy of being protected. I don’t think anyone else is really worthy of being protected as I don’t think they’d get picked off by anyone. Maybe 1-2 guys since the Brewers depth in their system is the best in the MLB currently.

Keep in mind there was only 13 rule 5 draft selections last season. 15 the year before that. Most teams didn’t even use it to select anyone and just opted for keeping their own internal options. So you can probably bet most of the guys people would worry about getting selected would just be passed over and still be Brewers prospects at the end of the day. As a Brock Wilken stan I’m confident he’ll be back in Nashville next year unless traded before then. Nobody’s gonna take him in the R5 draft.

I could see Wichrowski, M. Rodriguez or O’Rae as guys picked off by teams other than the ones I said above but the Brewers don’t really have a good reason to protect these guys either.

[MilwaukeeBeers]

I see Jett being blocked and ultimately traded as a headliner this deadline